Cutting It Apart: What's Inside a $285 Wallet?

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Everything you need to know about Fort Belvedere wallets, the construction techniques, and the materials used, so you can make sure it's worth your money: https://gentl.mn/cutting-apart-wallet #wallets #menswallet #notsponsored SHOP THE VIDEO: → Men's Leather Wallet in Burgundy and Turquoise: https://gentl.mn/wallet-burgundy-turquoise → Men's Leather Wallet in Whisky Brown and Blue: https://gentl.mn/wallet-brown-blue → Men's Leather Wallet in Black and Red: https://gentl.mn/wallet-black-red GUIDES YOU SHOULD NOT MISS: → Does "Made In" Matter?: https://gentl.mn/countries-origin-matter VIDEO CREDITS: → Camera & Editing: Chris Dummer → Corter Leather Want to see more videos? Subscribe to our channel! → https://gentl.mn/youtube Become a part of the Gentleman's Gazette community - support us on Patreon! https://gentl.mn/patron ________________________________________________________________________ Gentleman's Gazette https://gentl.mn/gentlemansgazette.com1 https://gentl.mn/fortbelvedere-shop-1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gentlemansgazatte FREE EBOOK: https://gentl.mn/newsletter-signup1 00:00 Cutting a Fort Belvedere Wallet Introduction For us and many of our avid readers, quality is a priority when it comes to clothing and accessories. While quality often comes with a price, we always look beyond the cost and analyze the materials, construction, and craftsmanship. Today, we cut apart a $285 bi-fold wallet from Fort Belvedere to show what it's made of, how we designed it, and what sets it apart! 01:54 Folded Edges of the Fort Belvedere Bi-Wallet What’s kind of special about these Fort Belvedere wallets is that they have folded edges in both ways. If you look at regular wallets, simply what happens, they fold an edge and sew it down and that’s it. 04:48 Designing Our Fort Belvedere Wallets It is really important to us that everything in is leather. Most wallets that you find these days are skimp and, sometimes, you find cardboard on the inside or other cheaper materials like a leather fiber product that is, basically, just leather scraps pressed together in a way. We wanted something that was completely all leather because we like the touch of leather, the feel of it, and it’s just very nice. 06:03 Deerskin Leather Shell The shell is just a piece of dear skin leather. 07:59 The Divider The divider is also leather that’s very thin, just like the lining. So, it doesn’t add bulk. At the same time, it’s much more durable than any fabric. 10:36 The Card Compartments They’re attached at the top. You will see that they added a strip of leather. They didn’t cover the entire layer. It’s just in the visible middle. Why? Again, we don’t want to make it too thick. On the back, you will see there’s fabric. It’s a very nice cotton fabric that’s extremely thin. It’s specifically made for wallets so the card slots don’t help it get thick. Because if you have each individual layer in the back added with leather, which is something we tried initially, it just looks terrible and it gets really big and fat. 16:19 The Final Layer It’s glued together. You will see that it is a piece of leather that is extremely thin so it doesn’t add a lot of bulk. 17:12 Calfskin Fort Belvedere Wallets Deerskin is just a nice durable leather that has this characteristic creasing. It is very different than calf leather. The calf letter is a little stiffer and has a nice effect when the light shines on it. 21:04 Where are Fort Belvedere Wallets Made? Our wallets are made in Germany. Definitely not a low-cost country. But, when we make these products, we look for people who really know what they're doing--for a tradition of craftsmanship and someone who is similarly obsessed with quality, as we are. If that means that the product costs a little more, so be it. We'd rather do it right at a higher price than making a cheaper product that is not up to snuff.